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<div class="chapter" timeperiod="*" category="Monsters">
  <h1 class="title">
    <p>Monsters</p>
  </h1>
  <div class="section-body">
    <div class="section">
      <h1 class="title">
        <p>Building a Monster</p>
      </h1>
      <div class="section-body">
        <p>Because of the wide variety of monstrous creatures available in literature and fantasy, it is a somewhat futile task to attempt to construct an exhaustive list. In addition, most GameMasters find that while any particular monster is okay, the specific monster they are envisioning is not available to them. The Monster section is thus divided into three parts:</p>
        <dl class="description-list">
          <dt>
            <p>Base types</p>
          </dt>
          <dd>
            <p>the fundamental attributes, abilities, and &#x201C;look&#x201D; of the base creature</p>
          </dd>
          <dt>
            <p>Templates</p>
          </dt>
          <dd>
            <p>modifications to the base-type that give the &#x201C;flavor&#x201D; of the monster</p>
          </dd>
          <dt>
            <p>Examples</p>
          </dt>
          <dd>
            <p>that have been pre-generated</p>
          </dd>
        </dl>
        <div class="section">
          <h1 class="title">
            <p>Base Types</p>
          </h1>
          <div class="section-body">
            <p>The base-types are the fundamental &#x201C;type&#x201D; or &#x201C;look&#x201D; of the monster, they are:</p>
            <dl class="description-list">
              <dt>
                <p>Anthropoid</p>
              </dt>
              <dd>
                <p>Essentially symmetric, bipedal, a head (and possible tail) etc.; a human-like monster</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <p>Bipedal</p>
              </dt>
              <dd>
                <p>covers non-anthropoid bipedal monsters, e.g. Duck, Chipmunk, Wyvern (two legs, two wings)</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <p>Quadruped</p>
              </dt>
              <dd>
                <p>typical of regular animals (mammals), e.g. Dog, Dragon (two legs, two arms, two wings)</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <p>Serpent</p>
              </dt>
              <dd>
                <p>tubes, e.g. Snail</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <p>Polymelic</p>
              </dt>
              <dd>
                <p>monsters with many legs or many arms, e.g. Angelus Guhendrian (torus with twelve wings, and an eyeball)</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <p>Amorphous</p>
              </dt>
              <dd>
                <p>blobs, pools, puddles, whiffs-of-smoke</p>
              </dd>
            </dl>
            <p>When constructing a monster, the base-type must be chosen. Based on the base-type, the size of the creature is chosen. The table below lists the fundamental physical attributes of the various base-types.</p>
            <div class="figure">
              <table class="display-table">
                <caption>
                  <p>Monster Construction Table</p>
                </caption>
                <thead>
                  <th>
                    <p>Type</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>1/2</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>1</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>2</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>3</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>4</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>5</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>6</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>7</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>8</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>9</p>
                  </th>
                  <th>
                    <p>10</p>
                  </th>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Anthropoid</p>
                    </td>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Height:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Size</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mn>40</mn><mi>cm</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Weight:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mi>Height</mi><mn>3</mn></mfrac><mi>kilograms</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Str</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bld</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Dex</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bipedal</p>
                    </td>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Height:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Size</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mn>35</mn><mi>cm</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Weight:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mi>Height</mi><mn>3</mn></mfrac><mi>kilograms</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Str</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bld</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Dex</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Quadruped</p>
                    </td>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Length:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Size</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mn>35</mn><mi>cm</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Height:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>3</mn></mfrac><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mi>Length</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Weight:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mi>Length</mi><mn>2</mn></mfrac><mi>kilograms</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Str</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>144</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bld</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>144</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Dex</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>6</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Serpent</p>
                    </td>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Length:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Size</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mn>40</mn><mi>cm</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Height:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>8</mn></mfrac><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mi>Length</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Weight:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mi>Height</mi><mn>2</mn></mfrac><mi>kilograms</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Str</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>144</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bld</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Dex</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>8</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Polymelic</p>
                    </td>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Size:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Size</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mn>30</mn><mi>cm</mi></mrow></math>, in some dimension</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Weight:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mfrac><mi>Size</mi><mn>3</mn></mfrac><mi>kilograms</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Str</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bld</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>
                        <span class="notappl">n/a</span>
                      </p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>4</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Dex</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>7</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Amorphous</p>
                    </td>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Diameter:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Size</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>&#xD7;</mo><mn>50</mn><mi>cm</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td/>
                    <td colspan="11">
                      <p>Weight:<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msup><mi>Diameter</mi><mn>3</mn></msup><mi>kilograms</mi></mrow></math></p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Str</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>144</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>169</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Bld</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>9</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>16</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>25</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>36</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>49</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>64</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>81</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>100</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>121</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>144</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>169</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>
                      <p>Dex</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                      <p>1</p>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                </tbody>
              </table>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="section">
          <h1 class="title">
            <p>Adding a Template</p>
          </h1>
          <div class="section-body">
            <p>There are several important items missing from the base-type. These are covered by Monstrous Templates which add things such as mental attributes (and Cha!), special abilities, and a description of the monster, including any relavent interaction statistics, such as combat, elocution etc.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="section">
      <h1 class="title">
        <p>Monsters</p>
      </h1>
      <div class="section-body">
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